Ontario ratepayer fatigue: covering the costs of bargain basement sale of surplus power from wind and solar When will it end? Another month goes by and another $168 million from Ontario ratepayer’s pockets…
Ontario’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Glen Murray has ultimate responsibility for handing out renewable energy approvals (REAs) because his Wynne-government colleague Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli demands more renewable energy (principally…
Ottawa energy economist Robert Lyman has responded to an advertising campaign in that city about how conservation efforts are paying off for consumers. Not so, he says. “How about some truth in advertising?…
Ontario has a huge surplus of power so it gives away electricity Globe and Mail, July 8, 2015 Soaring electricity rates in Ontario are threatening industries and businesses across the province, with one…
Electricity exports cost heading for $2 billion in 2015 The continued costs to Ontario’s ratepayers for the oversupply of electricity generation in Ontario continued in April 2015; we exported another 2 terawatts (TWh)…
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) plans to implement its “Rate Design for Electricity Distributors”soon. Their report starts with this vague attempt to explain how ratepayers in Ontario have been affected: “We have concluded…
Electricity Prices jump over 3,000 % in one hour Recent events evolving at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) should make anyone familiar with the Ontario electricity sector and IESO’s forecasting ability very…
Ontario hydro customers are trapped by the Wynne Liberals’ mad obsession with expensive and unneeded green energy Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun, November 8, 2014 TORONTO – For anyone who wants to understand what a complete…
October 2014: Ontario’s breath-taking, record-breaking month for electricity bills Wind power significant in surplus power sell-off Special report by Parker Gallant and Scott Luft Summary: New figures reveal that in October, the Ontario…
Another $20-million autumn weekend with Ontario power sold off cheap to neighbouring states and province Another October weekend has come and gone—and so has at least another $20 million of Ontario ratepayer dollars,…
The 2,483 MW of rated capacity of wind generators reported by Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in the past three days (October 6 to 8) generated 67,000 MWh (megawatt hours), or enough…